The Blues were second best all afternoon and could not even find a way through an impressive Foxes side after Ben Chilwell had been sent off in the second half after picking up his second booking of the match.

Chelsea 0-0 Leicester City Chelsea endured a third successive goalless draw in an enthralling encounter against excellent 10-man Leicester.

They are now level on points with second-placed Manchester United, who play Stoke City on Monday, while Claude Puel's side have 31 points and remain in eighth spot. "We are not conceding, but we are not creating chances".

Took greater responsibility for monitoring Vardy and Shinji Okazaki when Gary Cahill left the pitch injured, and assuming the captain's role came easily to the Spain global.

Chelsea have had a busier schedule and played the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final against Arsenal on Wednesday, but they have home advantage and I think they will make it count.

"We played with tiredness today", Conte said.

Vardy failed to hit the target from unsafe positions twice in less than a minute, before Wilfred Ndidi's free header following a corner was parried brilliantly by Thibaut Courtois and Antonio Rudiger stopped Aleksandar Dragovic slotting home on the follow-up.

But what surprised and infuriated fans more is one decision of Antonio Conte in particular.

In search of some inspiration and innovation, Conte switched to a 3-4-3 formation when he withdrew Fabregas and Hazard, sending wingers Pedro and Willian onto the field.

The hosts were handed a boost when Chilwell was shown a second yellow card for catching Moses, but they found it hard to create openings as Leicester sat back.